Player Discussion: Mathieu Olivier

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[MoeBartoli]

I love how Olivier is playing hockey now
I love the toughness Olivier brings to the team and
I love listening to him every time I hear him interviewed.

Here’s hoping Olivier remains a Blue Jacket.

 

[Doggy]

Ollie's answer is positive, he likely expanded on it more than he needed to, and I do believe him. That said, I would be surprised if any player under contract would go negative about the city, fans or organization.

 

[S1N4TR4]

fantilli throwing up the ‘24’ going back to the dressing room is epic.

 

[ViD]

Easily a top 3 fighter in the league

Easily best scorer among best fighters

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Sign Ollie to a 3-5 year deal and make him an alternate.

 

[S1N4TR4]

Easily a top 3 fighter in the league

Easily best scorer among best fighters

if he’s not first in your eyes then who is? reaves? i’ll take olivier all day.

 

[Cowumbus]

Sign Ollie to a 3-5 year deal and make him an alternate.

5 years? wtf. Better be very cheap then.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

5 years? wtf. Better be very cheap then.

He’s only 27. Would be 32-33 when it would expire. Sounds fine for a guy like him as long as it’s under 4 aav

 

[ViD]

He’s only 27. Would be 32-33 when it would expire. Sounds fine for a guy like him as long as it’s under 4 aav

I would say that having the best fighter that can also score might be extremely helpful for young guns protection without taking a roster spot

 

[ClevelandJacketFan]

Hes the top fighter and among the top agitators in the league, and hes backing it up with points and especially goals.

I'd happily pay him 4x4 for that.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Huge fan of Olivier. If I were GM I'd offer him $2.75m/4 years today with most of it as a signing bonus to essentially make it fully guaranteed.

Worst case scenario-his offense dries up-the CBJ would have perhaps the league's best fighter which has marketing/other player "protection" value whether Gary Bettman and those who wish to turn the NHL into a glorified version of the Ice Capades think so or not.

His goal is to become a Tom Wilson-type of player which is a 5-6m AAV proposition. His agent will have that in mind, but I'd think that Olivier would be thrilled with a $3.25m AAV compromise (once again with a lot of signing bonus). Striking while the iron is hot is always a good negotiating tactic IMO and I think that Olivier can utilize that now.

 

[Cowumbus]

He’s only 27. Would be 32-33 when it would expire. Sounds fine for a guy like him as long as it’s under 4 aav

3-4 million for him seems insane to me
This is the first year he’s (probably) going to score more than 15 points.

Why in the world would we pay him more than Jenner or Marchenko?

 

[Forepar]

3-4 million for him seems insane to me
This is the first year he’s (probably) going to score more than 15 points.

Why in the world would we pay him more than Jenner or Marchenko?

With the cap going up, $3-4M AAV would be appropriate.
This season’s Olivier is an absolute unicorn; somebody will pay him that on the presumption that this is the Olivier you get for the next 4-5 years. I hope that somebody is CBJ. Watching Fantilli flash “2-4” tells me all I need to know about what Olivier means to the room.

Marchenko will get paid significantly more than $4M on next contract, assuming goal scoring continues upward trend.

Boones contract has some hometown discount and some time built into it. Cap was lower when Boone’s current contract negotiated.

 

[majormajor]

It feels like only a month ago I was saying we should forgot about signing him for under $2m, it will start with a 2. Now it's forgot about the contract being under $3m, it will likely start with a 3.

3-4 million for him seems insane to me
This is the first year he’s (probably) going to score more than 15 points.

Why in the world would we pay him more than Jenner or Marchenko?

If he goes to UFA, with this many teams floating cap space, then I'm sure you'd agree he'll be getting several $3m offers, maybe some around $4m. I could see him going to Montreal.

The question is whether we are better off without him at that dollar figure. If it's $4m x 3 then I'd prefer to keep him, same if it is like $3m x 5. You can get a 40 pt scorer in UFA with that money but I don't think we'll find better value for what we need.

 

[koteka]

The question is whether we are better off without him at that dollar figure. If it's $4m x 3 then I'd prefer to keep him, same if it is like $3m x 5. You can get a 40 pt scorer in UFA with that money but I don't think we'll find better value for what we need.

I think he will test free agency. These unheralded guys (Olivier, Gavrikov, Bobrovsky) haven’t had the opportunity to be wined and dined and told how awesome they are by the hockey community. He brings a game that is valuable to any team, but especially value to playoff teams.